Sash construction



Filed April 16. 1958 lli.

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ATTORNEY United States Patent O York Filed Apr. 16, 1958, Ser. No. 728,931 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-300) This invention relates generally to waist sashes and more particularly to an improved sash construction.

Sashes .for encircling the Waist have usually been wrapped around the waist as many times as is possible with the tassel ends suspended on one side. Sashes of this type are used in various lengths depending upon the girth of the individual user so that the tassel ends are suspended a distance from the waist of the wearer and a distance above the door. e

Sashes of this type are cumbersome, diicult to tie and often the appearance of the sash is dependent upon the ability of the wearer to tie it, rather than upon the form of the sash itself.

Since the sash had to be tied, wearers often suffered from uncomfortably tied sashes in order to obtain a pleasing appearance, and the sash quickly lost its appearance as a result of being tied and untied continually over a period of use.

The invention herein disclosed has as its principal object the furnishing of an improved sash construction having a formed -body which is reinforced and which will retain its shape over long periods of wear.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sash construction which is light in -weight 'and comfortable and sturdy, and which is adaptable to allo/w for various waist sizes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a sash construction in which the `tassel ends are attached to a separate member which is fastened to a separate waist encircling member and all points of attachment are hidden from view.

A sash embodying the invention and the manner of using the same is described herein with references to the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a waist sash constructed in accordance with the teachings of this invention showing the waist encircling member in opened condition and the tassel member removed therefrom;

FIG. 2 is a perspective View of the sash shown in IFIG. 1 illustrating the waist encircling member and the tassel member fully assembled;

FIG. 3 is a segmentary sectional view taken along the line 3 3 in the direction of the arrows as indicated in FIG. 2 showing in detail the attachment of the tassel member to the ywaist encircling member; and

FIG. 4 is a segmentary sectional view Itaken along' the line 4--4 in the direction of the arrows as indicated in FIG. 2 showing in detail the means by which the waist encircling member is firmly fastened about the waist of a wearer.

Waist encircling member which consists primarily of flexible web belting 11 0f any suitable material covered on one of its two side surfaces by covering 12 of p woven sash material is shown in the drawings. The web belting is substantially rectangular in configuration and the woven sash material covers completely one side surface thereof with the edges of the sash material drawn around the edges of the web belting. The sash material is sewn along the edges to the web ybelting and is sewn at each end of the sash material to the lweb belting. Stitching is illustrated in the drawings and designated 12a at one end of the sash material and 12b at the other end of the sash material.

Waist encircling member l0 is light in weight and the 3,020,558 Patented Feb. 13, 1962 ICC web belting provides reinforcement for the woven sash material. The web belting is of suli'icienty length that it can easily encircle the waist of an individual.

Snap fasteners designated in the drawings by the numerals 13 and 14 are attached at spaced intervals yto the surface of web belting 11 on the side which is substantially uncovered. As shown in FIG. 1, eight female fasteners 13 and two male fasteners 14 are shown, however, the number of such fasteners with -which the waist encircling member is provided can be altered. 'Iwo fasteners 14 are used as shown in FIG. 4 so that the buckle never overlies a fastener. t

Additionally, snap fastener is provided at one end of the webbing on the surface opposite the sur-face to which fasteners 13 and 14 are attached. It is noted that this end Vof the webbing |has a portion of its surface un covered since the sash covering terminates at stitching 12b. The purpose of this is to enable rectangular metal loop buckle 16 to ybe attached to this end of the web-beltlng.

Loop member 16 can be formed from any suitable rigid material, and I prefer to use metalrto form this loop although a material more flexible than metal can be used if it is sufficiently rigid to maintain its shape. The metal forms the periphery of a rectangllar openingthrough vwhich uncovered end 11a of the web belting passes.' End 11a, passes through the opening in the buckle and is turned back upon itself so that the'extreme end can be attached to the main portion of end 11a by snap fastener 15 and thereby securely maintain metal loop member 16 in attachment with the web belting.

A loop member of woven sash material 17 is provided for attaching tassel member 18 to the waist encircling member 10. Loop member 17 is Iformed from a piece of woven sash material which is substantially rectangular in congurationvwith the ends thereof sewn together at 17a to provide a loop suiiciently large in diameter tofencircle a width of the waist encircling member and to'. be slidable thereon. The loop member therefore can be positioned in any spot on the waist encircling member and cover a portion thereof. The flexible loop member permits ready sliding and adjustment and since it is ilexible it takes the form of the waist member and the body of the wearer and gives a flat, unencumbered appearance when worn.

Tassel member 18 is also formed of woven sash material and its body is substantially rectangular with tassels 18a and 18b at the ends thereof. The tassels are the usual tassels and are decorative in nature.

The tassel member is attached to loop member 17 by stitching which is designated in the drawings by the numeral 19. Stitching 19 forms a rectangle which maintains a rectangular portion of tassel member 18 in engagement with a side of the loop member. All of the stitching is concealed so that the front piece falls gracefully as if unattached.

It is noted that tassel member 18 is of the same width as is the loop member and completely covers the outer surface of the loop member. Also tassel 18b hangs slightly higher than tassel 18a when the tassel member is attached to the loop member.

In order to assemble the sash about the waist of a wearer an end of the waist encircling member is inserted in and passed through loop member 17. The tassel member and loop 17 are suspended upon the waist encircling member in such manner that the sash will hang with tassel 18a adjacent the body of the wearer with tassel 18b further away from the body of the wearer when the sash is fully assembled encircling the body of the wearer.

The person who is to wear the sash then places the waist encircling member about his body with the side surface bearing snaps 13 and 14 nearest the body. The

Vwhich is opposite it. The waist encircling member is then maintained firmly in position about the body of the wearer.

Loop member 17 and tassel member 18 are then slid along the waist encircling member until the tassel member 18 completely overlies buckle 16, stitching 12b and snap 15. The sash then gives the appearance of being one continual member and no connections or fastenings can be seen.

Thus the sash serves all the purposes of the traditional wrap-around sash--it has light body because of the web belting that reinforces the woven sash material-it has adjustability to provide for various waist sizes. It has the tassel ends in a separate piece, and when assembled in conjunction with the waist section, it duplicates the appearance of the suspended section of the wrap-around sash.

An important feature of this suspension is the reinforcement and arrangement of the looped area through which the waist section is passed. This looped area maintains the tassel member in position and reinforces it so that all the connections or attaching pointsy are hidden and the tassel and sash will maintain its shape over long periods of wear since it is not necessary for it to be tied each time it is placed about the waist of a wearer. Also the sash is comfortable and gives a neat appearance since the sash need not be tied and therefore will look the same at all times.

Thus, among others, the several objects in the invention as specifically aforenoted, arer achieved. Obviously, numerous changes in construction and rearrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the claim.

I claim:

A sash construction comprising in combination an elongated rectangular iiexible member having a first end and a second end, an inside surface formed on said tiexiblc member, an outside surface formed on said flexible member, a plurality of female fastener members formed on said inside surface, a plurality of male fastener members formed on said inside surface with the male members disposed adjacent the second end, a substantially rigid hollow rectangular frame member, said first end of said flexible member disposed within the hollow of said frame and encircling one side thereof and fastened to said outside surface, said second end of said flexible member disposed within the hollow of said frame and encircling the remaining side thereof and fastened to said inside surface, a second exible member folded upon itself with its ends joined together, said second flexible member encircling said flexible member with portions of said second tiexible member disposed adjacent said inside surface and said outside surface of said flexible member to provide two substantially parallel sides which are substantially parallel with the inside and outside surface of said first flexible member, said second exible member being slidable upon said rst flexible member so that it can be positioned to overlie said frame member and hide it from view, an elongated member permanently attached to said second exible member to form a single member by stitching and said elongated member having tassels attached at each end.

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